<p>well unfortunately all those illegal things are fairly widespread at almost every competitive school</p>
<p>lol do you know how much underage drinking goes on at Ivy League and other competitive schools?</p>
<p>But as far as admissions go...I would keep the drinking pictures on the down low until you get in, plus you don't even really want to flaunt stuff like that.</p>
<p>Though I don't drink or party anymore because I wouldn't want anything like that to ruin my chances. lol.</p>
<p>I really really doubt admissions officers have the time or ability to check everyone's facebook profile. besides, I seriously doubt they'd hold against you an activity that is common among college students and legal in your country.</p>
<p>"Well guys hate to tell you, but, if you are underage and doing illegal things like drinking, this is an example of your character. If you are trying to get into a college with competitive admissions or a service academy then perhaps you don't belong there if you think it's "okay" to do illegal things such as drinking, smoking, etc. underage."</p>
<p>ya uhm okay.. cuz we all live in a perfect world where no one does nething bad... </p>
<p>im pretty sure ur just bitter cuz u dont do none of that ***** above and u didnt get into an ivy.. and u dont think ppl who do that should get in.. pft</p>
<p>I got a chance to ask the Dean of Admissions at Duke if they ever look at students' Facebooks, and he answered that that would only rarely happen, but it might if they had a tough call to make and were trying to find out more about the student, for example a competitive scholarship decision.</p>
<p>Play it safe! My Facebook is about as innocuous as it gets, but a few people have teasingly called me a drunkard on my wall - I can't imagine admissions folks would read every wall post, though. No questionable pics, however!</p>
<p>My child was in the process of recruitment to a very prestigious school and the adcom emailed asking to become her friend in Facebook. My child cleaned up her site of any remotely negative pictures or remaks prior to accepting. THEY DO CHECK.</p>
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<p>Key words: you don't ever really want to flaunt stuff like that.</p>
<p>There have been several disciplinary actions against college students for material that has been posted on Facebook (similar to the Eden Prairie incident noted above). And really, can you blame them? Think of it this way: when you belong to a Facebook network you are using and associating yourself with the school's name; therefore, your public image could be viewed as a reflection of the school's image.</p>
<p>Aw man, I was hoping they checked Facebook more often! I think if they checked mine, it would actually improve my chances, due to my quotes, activities, and other information.</p>
<p>Lol</p>
<p>"You have been poked by IvyLeagueAdmissionsOfficer" </p>
<p>Poke Back | Hide Poke</p>
<p>^Oh my God that'd be fabulous.</p>
<p>I'm gonna add John Harvard on facebook. lol</p>
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<p>Actually they use it more than we think and not just for admission purposes
check out this article:</p>
<p>My English teacher, who attended Pepperdine in California, has friends who work for admissions at that school as well as others. She says that some schools have committees where they just search for you in MySpace or Facebook. If it's private then they don't do anything about it, but if it's public they print out a page of your profile and stick it in your file. Moral of the story? untag, or make yourself private or hard to find.</p>
<p>even if college don't check, it'll stil be stupid to post incriminating pictures on facebook. then anyone can see them and send them anonymously to colleges. take Gina Grant, for example. she killed her mom and was acquited because it was in self defense, and didn't mention it for harvard when she was accepted ED. someone faxed in the newspaper clippings from the trial anonymously, and her admission was rescinded</p>
<p>Wow...that's a pretty heavy story about Gina Grant.</p>
<p>I know that many employers definitely do check -- my brother got into a bit of trouble recently for this.</p>
<p>However, most universities (especially those that get a lot of applications) probably have better things to do than to look up applicants' profiles... I worked at the George Washington University's admissions office for a few years... they got like 18,000+ applications a year. believeme, they did not have time to look at your Faceobok/myspace.</p>
<p>fyi more discussion of this topic in this CC thread a month or 2 ago. Look especially at the articles posted in posts 62 & 66:
<a href="http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/parents-forum/406892-ten-stupid-ways-ruin-your-college-application-washington-post.html%5B/url%5D">http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/parents-forum/406892-ten-stupid-ways-ruin-your-college-application-washington-post.html</a></p>
<p>narcissa </p>
<p>whoever did that is a raging *******. she was aquitted!</p>
<p>yeah he/she was such an *******...she lived in a very bad family and it was in self defense, cuz her mom was drunk and trying to kill her! and she totally turned over her life afterwards and was good enough to get accepted to Harvard ED, which I would think would count as overcoming a lot of hardships since her family life was so messed up</p>
<p>so what were the actual grounds on which Harvard rescinded her app? Did she lie on the "have you ever been charged with a crime" box? (i always thought it was have you ever been convicted of a crime!)</p>